Definitions for how-to

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Spelling: [hou-too]

IPA: /ˈhaʊˈtu/

How-To is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 33 anagrams from letters in how-to (-hootw).

Definitions for how-to

noun

1. a set of step-by-step instructions for accomplishing a certain task or reaching a certain objective:
2. the basic principles or approach for doing something:

adjective

1. giving or pertaining to basic instructions and directions to the layperson on the methods for doing or making something, especially as a hobby or for practical use:

Origin of how-to

First recorded in 1925-30

Examples for how-to

The “Operation Trojan Horse” letter was a how-to guide for Islamic fundamentalists wanting to take over local schools.

Jack only released the how-to of the hack to the ATM makers.

This isn't "How to Marry a Muslim," and it's a little disingenuous to present it as the how-to guide.

Jack only released the how-to of the hack to the ATM makers, and only after the fixes had already been made.

In March, popular beauty site Into the Gloss even published a how-to on getting blue-tinted hair.

In April makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury posted a how-to video on her blog aimed at helping men achieve a “groomed, healthy look.”

An email allegedly written by David Newman, an employee of the Cheyenne VA, reads like a how-to manual for cooking the books.

The how-to, it would seem, ought to be stuffed with must-reads.

It's a kind of how-to for annexing the entirety of the West Bank.

The reformers using his book as a how-to manual; the wreckers forcing it through their office shredding machines.